FILM DIRECTOR

Gregg Araki

1959 - Today

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Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement. His Teenage Apocalypse film trilogy, consisting of Totally F***ed Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995) and Nowhere (1997), has been heralded as a cult classic. His film Kaboom (2010) was the inaugural winner of the Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Gregg Araki is the 1,302nd most popular film director (up from 1,374th in 2024), the 9,324th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,348th in 2019) and the 343rd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gregg Araki ranks 1,302 out of 2,041. Before him are Leonid Trauberg, Tony Kaye, Kjell Grede, Michael Caton-Jones, Roman Abelevich Kachanov, and Rob Bowman. After him are Pierre Morel, Céline Sciamma, George Abbott, Eric Kripke, Julie Taymor, and Fyodor Bondarchuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Gregg Araki ranks 372. Before him are Erkki-Sven Tüür, Jayne Atkinson, Salvador Sánchez, Noureddine Bedoui, Talia Balsam, and Waldemar Pawlak. After him are Nobuo Kishi, Clint Howard, Marcelo Ebrard, Vigdis Hjorth, Jim Kerr, and Luis Fernando Suárez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregg Araki ranks 9,327 out of 20,380. Before him are King Kong Bundy (1955), Christopher Paolini (1983), Robert A. Parker (1936), Richard Davalos (1930), Jim Elliot (1927), Garrett Morris (1937), and Walter Reuther (1907). After him are Brain (1963), Sherman Hemsley (1938), Phillip Rhee (1960), Jennifer Hudson (1981), and Bob Einstein (1942).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Gregg Araki ranks 343. Before him are Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Max Hardcore (1956), Peter Berg (1962), Alfred E. Green (1889), Leon Shamroy (1901), and Rob Bowman (1960). After him are George Abbott (1887), Eric Kripke (1974), Julie Taymor (1952), Steve Miner (1951), Roger Allers (1949), and Alan Crosland (1894).

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